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Cosmic sparklers from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope

u/nasa — 1 day ago
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Looking for visual assets / 3D models of NASA's SR-1 Freedom & SkyFall mission for a YouTube documentary!

Hey r/nasa

My name is Fabian Siegli, and I’m a science communicator running a space flight YouTube channel. I’m currently working on a detailed documentary covering humanity's return to space nuclear power, specifically focusing on the recently announced Space Reactor-1 (SR-1) Freedom mission and its SkyFall helicopter payload.

To ensure absolute technical and visual accuracy for the video, I’m trying to track down some specific information and visual assets. I’ve already sent a formal inquiry to the NASA media team, but I wanted to reach out to the Reddit community to see if any space enthusiasts, insiders, or 3D artists here can help me out or clarify a few things:

1. Spacecraft Design Clarification

On the official NASA mission page, the artist's concept of the SR-1 Freedom shows it utilizing the repurposed Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) bus. However, there are multiple renderings circulating online (like the one from the NASA Ignition Day announcement on Wikimedia Commons). Does anyone know if the design on the official website represents the finalized baseline configuration for the December 2028 launch, or is the engineering layout still heavily evolving?

2. SkyFall Aeroshell Integration & Launch Vehicle

Where exactly is the SkyFall entry capsule structurally housed on the vehicle during the interplanetary cruise phase? Is it docked to the forward-facing docking interface of the PPE block, or integrated within a truss structure? Also, is the baseline plan still to utilize a SpaceX Falcon Heavy for the 2028 launch, given the PPE's original contract?

3. Separation Visuals & 3D Models (Blender / Maya)

For a key scene in my documentary, I am looking for a very specific visual: The exact moment the SR-1 Freedom spacecraft releases/drops the SkyFall entry capsule during its Mars approach.

  • Does anyone know if NASA/JPL has released any official high-resolution renderings or animations of this precise separation phase yet?
  • For the 3D artists out there: If official animations aren't available, does anyone know if there are public CAD or mesh models (FBX, OBJ, gLTF) of the SR-1 Freedom or the SkyFall capsule available yet? I would love to import them into Blender to accurately animate the separation sequence myself (and I will, of course, fully credit the source/creators in the video).

Any guidance, fact-sheets, links to downloadable media, or help from the community would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks a lot for your time and help!

Best regards,

Fabian Siegli

Space & History Content Creator

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u/Evening_Awareness_25 — 1 day ago
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NASA Armstrong’s Red, White, and Blue 250 F-15 (KSTL - 7-3-2026)

The F-15 stopped in for gas on the way to DC. F-18 was late due to mechanical issues.

NASA always does a nice job on their paint schemes!

u/KingC59 — 2 days ago
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Can someone help me find these?

I've been looking everywhere for these particular bags and I can't find them. Literally checked eBay, Poshmark, mercari, etc. other online stores were out of stock too. I know it's a long shot lol.

u/werewolf01796 — 3 days ago
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Plans for the launch of Roman in August

I'm thinking about going down to Kennedy from 8/29-8/31 to watch Roman launch. I've already got time off for it and I was wondering how bad the weather is that time of year, how much the Falcon Heavy scrubs due to technical issues, and what places are recommended I stay for the weekend. I'm planning on driving if that helps.

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u/NeitherRun2699 — 2 days ago
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Found an error on Nasa's website

Hi, I am a 16 year old that loves physics and astrology and I was doing research for a fun project where im calculating the amount of time it'd take voyager 1 to reach Proxima Centauri IF it was moving in that direction. While doing research I found this article that talks about how voyager will reach 1 light day away later this year. I noticed that the article claimed that 1 light day was 1,079,252,848 kilometers, but after calculating it myself I found that 1 light day is actually 25,902,068,371.2. I thought it was pretty interesting ig. Here is the article: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/where-are-voyager-1-and-voyager-2-now/

My work and calculations are on one image.

u/seasofrage — 2 days ago
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Space race

New here so delete if not allowed, I have always loved space travel and aviation but have recently taken quite the interest in the early stages of NASA.

Mercury, Gemini, MISS,etc. this stems from reading Apollo 13 where it goes into pretty decent detail about the selection process and the early days. Is there any good documentaries about those first groups that yall recommend?

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u/TitleCurious7247 — 3 days ago
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What are your thoughts on the racial discrimination lawsuit and the Artemis 3 crew drama?

Do you guys consider NASA problematic for this?

edit: maybe should say "allegations " instead of "lawsuit" to be more broad

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u/tervro — 3 days ago
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With news that NASA may send “Promise”, an engineering test article for the Mars Rover program, is there any hardware/systems in the ISS that may be usable on a future moon base?

It’s already in orbit.

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u/NASATVENGINNER — 3 days ago
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Wallops Flight Facility now under Kennedy Space Center? Pros/Cons?

Hi y'all,

I just saw that the Wallops Flight Facility got moved from being under the Goddard Space Flight Center and is now under the Kennedy Space Center.

I was wondering what people think the pros and cons of this are?

I used to work for the NASA Langley Research Center, which originally made Wallops, but Wallops got put under Goddard, and I did not get to interface with Wallops or Kennedy.

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u/Phandex_Smartz — 3 days ago
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Almost forgot I have a boarding pass to Mars departing this July

My calendar popped up with a notification today, so I just realized it’s the scheduled departure month!

I wonder when my name will actually make it to Mars🫪

If it weren’t for my calendar reminder, I wouldn't have noticed that six whole years have already flown by since I registered on the website. Time is crazy.

Did anyone else sign up that long ago too? How has everyone been doing over the past few years?

u/474-47826-9264 — 5 days ago
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Visiting Kennedy Space Center for the first time!!

I decided to surprise my wife with a trip to the Kennedy Space Center. It's a little overwhelming for me because my wife has always been the one that's been the one into space exploration but this is a dream trip she’s always talked about.

Any advice on how to navigate this trip would be appreciated! We'll be visiting for 2 days :) maybe what should we start with? Hidden treasures there?

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u/Misannika — 4 days ago
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Looking for a large picture book on NASA’s history

My family and I recently visited the KSC and let’s just say I was absolutely stunned. We saw the VAB, Launch Pads 39A and 39B, and historical pieces throughout the museums. I absolutely fell in love with NASA on this trip! However, I found myself struggling to keep things straight in my mind all day. “What’s Apollo 8 again vs 11? What does this acronym mean? What’s Saturn?” You get the idea. There is so much to learn and I want to learn it all! I also did not even realize that the word “Shuttle” referred to a type of spacecraft, so that should tell you how far behind I feel.

Recently, we also got to watch the Artemis II launch from Titusville, so that was fun! But overall I feel so behind in understanding everything. It’s like NASA has its own secret language. And I find most of us everyday Americans wildly ignorant or resentful of our country’s own amazing space history.

Anyways, I am now looking for a picture book that can give me a complete history of NASA’s timeline, even if it’s like a coffee table book. So far I have already bought a few regular chapter books (see last two photos), but even then my mind gets confused. I’m a 35 year old woman who has no inclinations towards science or math (I’m a creative writer) and have never found myself remotely interested in science until today!

My mind loves to understand timelines from start to finish. I feel that if I had a large overview with photos then I could better understand all the references and timelines in the books I’m reading, hence the need for a coffee table like book.

What would you recommend? Also, I am really interested in the history of 1968-1969 as another side interest. The early history of nasa intrigues me the most.

I am attaching some photos from our trip as well!

Thanks everyone for your help!!!🚀💙

u/justagirl2day — 5 days ago